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I'm long past the point where I dreamed that,

one day,

the prince on a white horse would come to me...

or that I would meet my soulmate.

But there's one thing I believe in.

And that is,

if I keep trying hard,

I will find my one and only life partner.

It's fun...

I will find him.

Will I find...him?

It won't likely to happen!

But...

I never thought it'd come to this.

Aiko-chan, Aiko-chan!

I heard the priest today is left-handed, please set everything accordingly.

He'll be here soon.

All right.

Did they also ask for more chairs?

He was popular, wasn't he? And handsome, too!

The funeral of your first love?

I haven't seen him in over ten years, though.

Seeing him again like this after so long is just too sad.

Is it okay to serve the same amount of tea as the bento?

- Yup. - Okay then.

I have to empty my mind.

Why is it?

Because the staff shouldn't be crying at a funeral.

That sure is tough.

Thought suppression.

Thought suppression.

Thought suppression.

Aiko-san?

Thought suppression.

Thought suppression. Thought suppression.

Thought suppression.

Kuon-san?

- Yes, sir? - Come with me.

Okay.

I feel sorry for that little guy.

A sudden accident left him all alone.

What about his mom?

I heard she's not around anymore.

I see...

Take care of him, will you?

All right.

Karibe Ren-kun?

Yes.

Hello, I'm Kuon Aiko, the staff here.

If you have any problems, please feel free to ask me anything.

Thank you.

What's with your outfit?

Seiichiro-san, change into your mourning clothes.

It's your brother's funeral.

Can we borrow mourning clothes?

Actually, you should host the funeral.

Who?

He's my uncle.

Senpai's big brother?

I just came to see him.

Hey, Seiichiro-kun, you can't be like this!

Seiichiro-san!

Will that freak be able to raise Ren-kun, though?

But he seems have a lot of money.

Huh?

Have you registered yet?

It's still too early, so if you don't mind...

Where did he go?

Ren-kun!

Your father used to look up at the sky like that.

Did you know my father?

Yes.

He was my senior in high school, so...

Were you his girlfriend?

We went out after I confessed to him so many times.

Confessed to him so many times?

Even if he kept rejecting me, whenever I heard he broke up with his girlfriend,

I'd confess again.

And finally after my fifth try...

Jun-senpai!

Please go out with me!

Are you sure?

Yes. Let's date.

It didn't last long, but he was my first love.

Did you break up because my dad cheated on you?

Well...

He used to tell me...

that those too-many-attractive women were to blame.

Sounds like him.

But I couldn't hate him.

Every time I saw his face crinkle up when he smiled,

I couldn't help but smile, too.

But I can no longer see...

Um...

Please use this if you'd like.

Fall in love.

Would you like to fall madly in love?

What?

What's your reply?

Hey!

Please stop!

Aw!

Hey, Kuon-san!

What's going on here?

Is he dead?

Are you okay?

What's happening?

I'm sorry.

Don't touch me.

FIND A JOB ON THE "JOB HUNTING NET".

NO RESULTS. THERE ARE NO JOB VACANCIES FOR YOU.

It's so tough~

Thanks for waiting.

Here you go.

This much for 100 yen? Are you sure?

You can have it anytime.

Thank you. This is such a huge help.

I'm unemployed now, you see.

But you got fired because of that weird guy, right?

Yes, but I also injured him, so it can't be helped.

However, that Onigawara really pissed me off!

Onigawara?

He is a big, burly man who looks like an Onigawara.

Why don't you just forget about finding a job and get married instead?

I don't have the partner.

Creepy.

Right. He looks like that.

That's creepy.

The end of the month, huh?

It costs a lot of money just to be alive, doesn't it?

You're Kuon Aiko-san, right?

Yes.

My name is Kogo, from Danoh Publishing.

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. KOGO TATSUYA.

How can I help you?

I'd like to offer you a job.

A job?

- For me? - Yes. For you.

This is Kogo.

Let's go in. Your client is waiting for you.

What kind of job is it?

I'll explain it to you later.

Here's your client, Karibe Seiichiro-kun.

Is it perhaps a sexual-related job?

Karibe-kun is only interested in beautiful well-proportioned women with well-balanced faces.

So, you, with your unhappy face resembling a capybara,

are out of his league.

An unhappy face resembling a capybara?

Anyway, you did hit on me back then, didn't you?

Huh? Hang on.

There's no way Karibe-kun would hit on you.

But he asked me to fall in love.

That was a job offer.

Huh?

Please don't tell anyone about this.

Karibe-kun is a mangaka.

And he's the one who made the "Ginga Tenshi"

"Ginga Tenshi"?

SUBTITLES BY @EVEYCHOOEY.

"Ginga Tenshi"?

How could you not know that?

"Ginga Tenshi" a.k.a "Ginten" has been serialized for 11 years and is considered...

a monumental work in girls' manga!

I'm sorry, I'm not really into girls' manga.

Wait... you really don't know anything about it?

No.

Is... is that so?

Since you don't seem to know anything about it, let me explain it to you.

"Ginga Tenshi" is an epic science fiction love story about a heroine who is an ordinary town girl in the Edo period,

who's traveled through time and fell in love in the past, the future, the world, and outer space!

It has sold over 80 million copies in total.

It has a large number of enthusiastic fans.

Its popularity has spread all over the world.

In short, Karibe-kun is a genius mangaka.

I see

And the mighty Karibe-kun is offering you a romance-related job.

You're such a lucky girl.

What kind of job is it exactly?

You'll have to experience romance in a setting that Karibe-kun has decided,

and tell us about the process.

To use as a reference for the manga.

Does he always do this?

No! This is the first time!

He's decided to set his next story in Tokyo in the Reiwa era,

but the setting is too ordinary that it's hard for the genius Karibe-kun...

to get a good idea of what it's like.

So, without further ado, here's the first mission...

I'm not doing it.

Huh? Look, it's the "Ginga Tenshi", okay?

I don't think it's right for a human being to get paid for falling in love.

But you're in need of money, aren't you?

Well, that's a different matter.

Well... you can take the night to think it over.

I won't change my mind.

Excuse me!

What? Wa... wait...

Wa... wait... wait!

Please wait!

Aiko-san!

Ren-kun?

Hello.

I see. You're going to live here, aren't you?

Yes.

Are you sure? Will you be able to live with someone like him?

I'm fine as long as I don't be a burden...

Aiko-san!

Good luck!

Wait, Aiko-san!

Are you perhaps Ren-kun?

Yes.

I still need to talk to you... Aiko-san! Wait!

Aiko-san!

Thank you for letting me stay here.

We've already prepared a room for you.

If you need anything, just ask me or the housekeeping lady.

Thank you.

- Ren. - Yes.

This is my home and my workplace.

If you interfere with my work, I'll ask you to leave.

I got it.

Isn't it great to fall in love and get paid for it?

You think so?

If it's a pseudo-romance, you don't have to sell your body and mind, right?

That's true, but love is love.

Sounds nice. I'd like to replace you to do it.

No matter who the partner is?

I guess I can.

Even me?

Aiko-san, are you, by any chance, hitting on me?

Not at all.

Oh...

You're so frivolous.

If it were 10 years ago,

I would've just gone along with something like this,

as I was so eager to do all kinds of things.

But as I became more and more aware of the reality that no matter how hard I tried,

I wouldn't always get the results I wanted,

It stings...

I've become completely weak,

even when I try to move forward.

Aw! It's hot!

Aw! It's hot!

I'm tired of getting my hopes up and being disappointed.

And on the other hand, not having to deal with people's expectations...

is both easy and lonely.

I'll be thirty soon,

and this is such a depressing reality.

Geez!

So annoying...

Who the heck is it?

Good morning!

I want to ask for your reply about yesterday.

I said no...

People's feelings change easily, you know!

Mine will not change!

Then can you tell him in person?

Karibe-kun thought you'd accept it.

No! Why would I go there?

Don't say that. Hold on...

Ouch!

I finally caved in...

This is Kogo.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF.

Go ahead without me.

Just go inside. Hurry.

Hello!

Yes.

No, everything is okay.

Yes, the Reiwa work...

You see, I'm here to formally decline your offer.

After all, I don't want to fall in love with someone I don't like...

for the sake of just a manga.

Just a manga?

What?

Are you looking down on manga?

I'm not!

Manga can move the reader's emotions.

They make you laugh, cry, angry, and sometimes even hurt you.

That's why I create them with the determination to take responsibility for​ the readers' lives!

I don't want to be denied by ignorant people like you.

I have no intention...

If you want to complain, say it when we're on an equal footing!

Huh?

Ren, it applies to you, too.

Memories are useful for drawing.

That's why I'm taking care of him.

It's a give-and-take.

Interpersonal relationships are supposed to be about equality.

So if you want to stay here forever,

you'll have to be equal to me.

Okay.

You don't have to talk to a child like that.

It doesn't matter who you're talking to.

"Equal".

"There is no superiority or inferiority between the two parties."

Both sides must be on par?

If you feel sorry for Ren, then take my job offer.

If your reason for doing it is for his sake,

then both you and him will be of use to me.

In other words, we're equals.

I don't really get it.

This is why you're just an ordinary person.

In the first place, I can't do that romance stuff.

Why not?

That's because...

I'm not capable of doing proper romance.

What do you mean by that?

Tell me.

Well...

There's always something wrong with the guy I fall in love with.

Like what?

The first person I went out with...

was my first love and I liked his looks and personality very much.

But he was a womanizer to the extreme.

AIKO, I DO LOVE YOU...

BUT I LOVE HER MORE.

THERE ARE TOO MANY PRETTY GIRLS.

SORRY

My next boyfriend was a perfectionist and also very possessive.

And he'd get out of control when he was angry.

WHY WON'T YOU LISTEN TO ME?!

WHY DIDN'T YOU ANSWER MY CALL?

YOU WERE LAUGHING WITH ANOTHER MAN EARLIER, RIGHT?

The guy I dated after that was extremely kind...

but he was a loafer who didn't work at all.

And to top it all off, he took all my money and ran away with it.

I'M OUT OF MONEY.

I'LL PAY YOU BACK!

THERE'S NO SUITABLE JOB FOR ME.

ONLY BEEN PLAYING GAMES.

My friends call me "A bad-guy magnet".

I don't know if it's because I'm a sucker for bad guys,

or it's because...

they were dating me that they turned into bad guys.

So I can't have a love life to refer to in a manga...

I see, the heroine of "Ginten" also...

always fell in love with a guy who had some kind of problem in every era.

So, she's a bad-guy magnet.

It fits.

The new chapter of "Ginten" is in the Reiwa era.

The heroine, Misuzu, is in love with a prince in ancient Egypt,

but she travels to the future...

and finds herself in the Japan of Reiwa.

"GINGA TENSHI". NEW CHAPTER. IN MODERN JAPAN.

"Karibe Maria."

That's a woman's name, isn't it?

The readers wouldn't think that a man who looks like an Onigawara is the artist, would they?

Misuzu who has always loved bad guys in her life,

for the first time, she's falling for a decent guy!

And it's set in Japan's Reiwa era!

It's you indeed.

It has to be you.

The payment is one million yen.

Decide right now. I don't have much time

You have five seconds to respond, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

I'll do it!

Okay...

Bravo, Aiko-san!

We did it.

This is the theme this time.

BAD-GUY MAGNET.

ROMANCE BETWEEN A BAD-GUY-MAGNET MARUNOUCHI OL AND A GOOD YOUNG GUY.

This looks great. Let's use it.

It has a real sense of Reiwa.

But you see,

I don't have the skills to get hired by a company in Marunouchi.

Just put on an act.

But how?

Why can't you figure it out yourself?

Did you throw away your brain?

- That's a good line. - "Did you throw away your brain?"

Let's start with appearances.

Clothes, cosmetics, transportation, and meals,

these are necessary expenses that we will pay separately.

Oh, and don't forget the receipts.

Also, the fact that Karibe Maria is Karibe-kun,

or that she is a man,

is strictly confidential, so please keep it.

If it leaks out, we'll sue you.

Please keep that in mind.

I will.

Now, please sign this covenant.

You can leave right after this.

Okay.

All right.

We'll start the day after tomorrow.

I don't have much time.

Marunouchi OL... Marunouchi OL...

"Seven Days of Marunouchi OL's Outfits."

Okay.

To be honest, I don't really want to do this ridiculous...

romance work.

But...

I don't know what I'm supposed to wear anymore.

It's been a long time since people are having high expectations of me.

So it made me want to try my best.

Aw!

Kochan!

The "Ginten"'s NAME (rough draft/storyboards of manga) hasn't been finished yet, has it?

You see, we're still cooking up some ideas for the opening chapter of the Reiwa Arc.

You're doing it at such a slow pace, can you really finish it in time?

I wonder what will happen if you lose the first few color pages (in the manga magazine)

In that case, do you mind if I take those color pages instead?

Thank you for your hard work, Karen-sensei.

Congratulations on the anime adaptation of "Ad-lib Unrequited Love​".